The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.
1 Corinthians 9:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 What then is my wage? Just this: that in my proclamation I may make the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my rights in the gospel. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition What then is the [actual] reward that I get? Just this: that in my preaching the good news (the Gospel), I may offer it [absolutely] free of expense [to anybody], not taking advantage of my rights and privileges [as a preacher] of the Gospel. American Standard Version (1901) What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel. Common English Bible What reward do I get? That when I preach, I offer the good news free of charge. That’s why I don’t use the rights to which I’m entitled through the gospel. Catholic Public Domain Version And what, then, would be my reward? So, when preaching the Gospel, I should give the Gospel without taking, so that I may not misuse my authority in the Gospel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I may deliver the gospel without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. |
The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.
and, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together—by trade they were tentmakers.
If your brother or sister is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died.
just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage but that of many, so that they may be saved.
The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and each will receive wages according to their own labor.
and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we still more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this so that they may be applied in my case. Indeed, I would rather die than that—no one will deprive me of my ground for boasting!
For if I do this of my own will, I have a wage, but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission.
For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake.